aserl-accessibilityig Mailing List: FW: "Accessibility Bridge" -- Prototyping Accessible Description and Discovery in Alma and Primo: Some Learnings from the CARL-ARL Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Project

[John Burger (jburger]

FYI:  A new learning opportunity just arrived in my Inbox, with particular 
interest to libraries using Alma/Primo.  See below for details and feel free to 
share with others as desired.



--j.e.b.



From: Mark Weiler <mweiler [at] wlu.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 10:16 AM
To: Van Rennes, Robert J <robert.vanrennes [at] btaa.org>; York, Maurice C 
<maurice.york [at] btaa.org>; John Burger <jburger [at] aserl.org>; joni [at] 
gwla.org; beck [at] wrlc.org; galadriel.chilton [at] yale.edu
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL *] RE: Invitation: How to navigate the academic library: 
empowering blind scholars on their quest for knowledge


I and colleagues from Ontario university libraries are hosting and event about 
the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation 
project<https://www.arl.org/news/arl-and-carl-form-joint-task-force-on-marrakesh-treaty-implementation/>.
   We have over 80 registrants from around the world so far too.


[photo of the ambassador Bridge between Detroit Michigan and Windsor Ontario]

An Accessibility Bridge Meeting is Called!

The Collaborative Future’s Accessibility Working Group calls on libraries using 
Primo VE and Alma to attend another Accessibility Bridge meeting.  The working 
group is part of the Ontario Council of University Libraries.

Please share this invitation within your library/consortia. Everyone has 
talents and skills that can improve the library experiences of users with 
disabilities.

Title: Prototyping Accessible Description and Discovery in Alma and Primo: Some 
Learnings from the CARL-ARL Marrakesh Treaty 
Implementation<https://www.arl.org/news/arl-and-carl-form-joint-task-force-on-marrakesh-treaty-implementation/>
 Project

Abstract:
One of the components of the work of the above was to work with two Alma and 
Primo libraries, the University of Florida, a member of the 40-university 
consortia Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC), and the University of Windsor, a 
member library of the 18-university Ontario Council of University Libraries 
(OCUL). In the project, we sought to investigate and prototype the 
possibilities that the Ex Libris library services platform allows to improve 
access to digital accessible books, in EPUB, PDF and DAISY formats. This 
session will overview some of these possibilities. We did not get to actually 
put these into the prototyping in many cases, because of existing limitations 
in how consortia were set up. We will have some discussion time for 
participants to share their ideas and individual approaches in making digital 
accessible materials more available and discoverable in research library 
contexts.

Speaker
Pascal Calarco currently serves as a Systems Librarian and Scholarly 
Communications Librarian, University with a few liaison librarian 
responsibilities. Pascal served as a Visiting Program Officer for CARL and ARL 
on their joint Marrakesh Treaty Library Implementation project, from 2021-2023. 
The final report is available (or will be shortly) on the ARL and CARL 
websites. Pascal holds an MLIS from McGill University and is working on a 
Master of Arts in Political Science part time at Windsor. Pascal previously 
served as University Librarian at Windsor from 2016-2021, and has served in 
various roles at research libraries in the United States and Canada since 1995.

Date

  *   November 9th, 2023 12 noon to 1pm, Eastern time, time zone 
converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20231017T140000&p1=250>

Registration

  *   Register 
online<https://ocul.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYof-6oqjIqG9BBXLj7bBam_s0M_CsMaHmZ#/registration>

Notes

  *   The Collaborative Future’s Accessibility Working Group is part of the 
Ontario Council of University Libraries. We host an Accessibility Bridge series 
where we invite libraries and consortia to discuss how we can proactively 
identify and remove obstacles that impede users with disabilities.
  *   This event may be recorded
  *   We may ask attendees to introduce themselves at the start

Mark

Mark Weiler, PhD (he & him)
JAWS certified and Web Accessibility Specialist
Web & User Experience Librarian
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario
548-889-5056
Notices
Upcoming Laurier Library workshops & events<https://library.wlu.ca/events>

From: Van Rennes, Robert J <robert.vanrennes [at] 
btaa.org<mailto:robert.vanrennes [at] btaa.org>>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 9:19 AM
To: Mark Weiler <mweiler [at] wlu.ca<mailto:mweiler [at] wlu.ca>>; York, 
Maurice C <maurice.york [at] btaa.org<mailto:maurice.york [at] btaa.org>>; 
jburger [at] aserl.org<mailto:jburger [at] aserl.org>; joni [at] 
gwla.org<mailto:joni [at] gwla.org>; beck [at] wrlc.org<mailto:beck [at] 
wrlc.org>; galadriel.chilton [at] yale.edu<mailto:galadriel.chilton [at] 
yale.edu>
Subject: [EXTERNAL *] RE: Invitation: How to navigate the academic library: 
empowering blind scholars on their quest for knowledge

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your message and the invite to the webinar.  We’ll have the 
announcement sent to our listservs.

All the best,

Rob

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Robert Van Rennes

Associate Director
Library Initiatives

217-300-4744
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From: Mark Weiler <mweiler [at] wlu.ca<mailto:mweiler [at] wlu.ca>>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 7:43 AM
To: York, Maurice C <maurice.york [at] btaa.org<mailto:maurice.york [at] 
btaa.org>>; Van Rennes, Robert J <robert.vanrennes [at] 
btaa.org<mailto:robert.vanrennes [at] btaa.org>>; jburger [at] 
aserl.org<mailto:jburger [at] aserl.org>; joni [at] gwla.org<mailto:joni [at] 
gwla.org>; beck [at] wrlc.org<mailto:beck [at] wrlc.org>; galadriel.chilton 
[at] yale.edu<mailto:galadriel.chilton [at] yale.edu>
Subject: Invitation: How to navigate the academic library: empowering blind 
scholars on their quest for knowledge

Hello members of Library Accessibility Alliance,

I wanted to invite the Library Accessibility Alliance to a public zoom talk. 
Can you circulate it widely, please?

On October 16th at 1pm to 2pm Eastern, Ashley Shaw and Dr. Natalie Martiniello 
are going to be giving a talk hosted through the Digital Accessibility in 
Academic Libraries community of practice, which is part of the Canadian 
Association of Professional Academic Librarians.  We plan to have a live 
captioner. It’s a public event, so please feel free to extend widely.
How to navigate the academic library: empowering blind scholars on their quest 
for knowledge
Abstract:

In this session, we walk library professionals through the academic journey of 
blind scholars, identifying roadblocks along the way. We suggest tangible 
things library professionals can do to remove these roadblocks, so that blind 
scholars can achieve their full potential.

Presenters:

Ashley Shaw is a Masters student in the Community Psychology program at Wilfrid 
Laurier University. The Social Science and Humanities Research Council awarded 
her a Masters scholarship to study workplace inclusion and accessibility, as 
well as employment-related interventions for adults who are blind and visually 
impaired. She is also a recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. She has 
worked as a Strategic Writer and Research Associate with the Canadian National 
Institute for the Blind (CNIB), and as the Wilfrid Laurier University Library 
Web Accessibility Advisor. Ashley currently works as the Clinical Performance 
and Evaluation Analyst for Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada.

Dr. Natalie Martiniello is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of 
Psychology at Concordia University. The Canadian Institutes for Health Research 
(CIHR) awarded her a Health Systems Impact fellowship to explore accessibility 
and inclusion for blind scholars in Postsecondary education, with a focus on 
accessible research and access to information in traditionally 
under-represented fields within the health and science ecosystem. She also 
lectures in the Graduate program in Visual Impairment at the University of 
Montreal, which trains future professionals in the field of blindness and low 
vision. She previously worked as a braille specialist within the education and 
rehabilitation system, where she taught braille and accessible technologies to 
blind individuals across the age spectrum. Natalie is a lifelong braille reader 
and passionate about equitable access to information, communication and 
literacy, especially for those who use non-visual methods such as braille and 
tactile graphics. She is the Immediate Past-President of Braille Literacy 
Canada (the Canadian Braille Authority) and the Chair of Braille Research for 
the International Council on English Braille

Date:
·         Monday October 16th, 2023, from 1-2 pm (Eastern)
Register
·         Zoom 
registration<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcO-vpzMiHtJ7fqRWY8UqgTN6NGW6mCBj>
Features
·         This event will have a live captioner.
·         The event may be recorded and posted later, depending on 
organizational capacity.

For questions contact the co-facilitators of the Digital Accessibility in 
Academic Libraries community of practice, which is part of the Canadian 
Association of Professional Academic Librarians:

  *   Mark Weiler, mweiler [at] wlu.ca<mailto:mweiler [at] wlu.ca> or
  *   Aneta Kwak, aneta.kwak [at] utoronto.ca<mailto:aneta.kwak [at] 
utoronto.ca>


Mark Weiler, PhD (he & him)
JAWS certified and Web Accessibility Specialist
Web & User Experience Librarian
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario
Notices
Upcoming Laurier Library workshops & 
events<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/library.wlu.ca/events__;!!DZ3fjg!5oQPXMu3spkH2QXZ4Gi7wKKFX9x_16d5CFoTz3JJ0KJt8OWzA6oj2aSUx76C0wHXNMGT6T7DDTbbnI5FouM$>


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